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  • Dr Schlebusch receives prestigious Autism Research Award

    Posted on October 13, 2017

    Dr Liezl Schlebusch was recently chosen as a recipient of an Emerging Researcher Award from the International Society for Autism Research (INSAR) and Autism Speaks.

  • Lesotho Collaboration - the Kingdom in the Sky

    Posted on June 08, 2017

    Lesotho might be a tiny landlocked country, nestled between the Drakensberg and Maloti mountain ranges but it is a country with a big heart. It is entirely surrounded by South Africa, and from 25 to 27 May 2017 four South Africans from the Centre for Augmentative and Alternative Communication...

  • CAAC awards Neville Cohen Award to Prof Erna Alant

    Posted on May 31, 2017

    Prof Erna Alant, founder of the Centre of Augmentative and Alternative Communication (CAAC) at the University of Pretoria, received the Neville Cohen Award on 24 May 2017.

  • DisOlympics on campus: Transforming how we walk and talk

    Posted on May 18, 2017

    The Centre for Augmentative and Alternative Communication and the Department of Speech-Language Pathology and Audiology, in collaboration with the Transformation Committee of the Faculty of Humanities at the University of Pretoria (UP), hosted an event titled, 'DisOlympics on campus: Transforming...

  • Kenyan collaboration - a river of possibility

    Posted on March 13, 2017

    Prof Juan Bornman, from the Centre for Augmentative and Alternative Communication at UP was recently invited to deliver a keynote address at the 6th East African International Conference on Communication Disability at Kenyatta University in Nairobi, Kenya.

  • Prof Bornman publishes 2nd edition of 'Believe that all can achieve'

    Posted on February 27, 2017

    Prof Juan Bornman from the Centre for Augmentative and Alternative Communication at the University of Pretoria and Jill Rose recently published the second edition of Believe that all can achieve - Increasing classroom participation in learners with special support needs.

  • CAAC wins global innovative education award

    Posted on December 07, 2016

    The Centre for Augmentative and Alternative Communication (CAAC)at the University of Pretoria won the Regional Gold Award for Africa at the 2016 Reimagine Education Conference and Awards Ceremony held in Philadelphia, USA on Monday, 5 December 2016.

  • Prof. Alants' new book is a meaningful contribution to the field of AAC

    Posted on December 02, 2016

    Prof Erna Alants’ book entitled: AAC Engagement and participation, published by Plural Publishing, is a meaningful contribution to the field of AAC

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